Exodus 5:2 meaning and explanation
But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
Exodus 5:2, Berean Standard Bible
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Pharaoh speaks these words to Moses and Aaron, who have just delivered the LORD's command to release Israel for a feast in the wilderness. His question is not mere ignorance but a refusal of authority: in Egypt the king himself was regarded as divine, and the God of a slave people meant nothing to him.
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